Back in the day before “sustainable” and “organic” represented the trendy food terms, Alice Waters created her restaurant Chez Panisse as a place for her friends and her friend’s friends to eat. On Monday, she spoke with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome who took time off from trying to balance the city’s budget while turning […]
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City Speaks with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Alice Waters
Published by Keith June 6th, 2008 in Foundations, Gavin Newsome, Organic Food and San Francisco. 0 CommentsFrom the Garden to the Table
Published by Keith October 5th, 2007 in Eco Hotels, Foundations, Green Hotels, Health, Money, Organic Food and San Francisco. 0 CommentsIt was like the perfect storm. The combination of a fundraiser for a Green sustainable non profit organization (From the Garden to the Table), tasty food and organic cocktails (Square One organic vodka, 4 Copas organic tequila) in a LEED certified location (Orchard Garden Hotel) and even Green minded celebrities (David Alan Grier) to boot.
Both […]
Paul Hawken - Raw and Uncensored
Published by Keith August 22nd, 2007 in Environment, Foundations, Green Building, Health, Quotes, Real Estate and San Francisco. 1 CommentPaul Hawken, the noted author, environmentalist, activist and soon to be Hollywood star (look for him in the eco-doc The 11th Hour) spoke last night at a San Francisco fund raising and awareness raising event for the (as Hawken calls them “very smart”) members of the Full Circle Fund. Normally the soft spoken Hawken hammers […]
Green Mission Corridor
Published by Keith April 30th, 2007 in Arterra, Fly Ash Foundation, Flyash, Foundations, Green Building, Green Condos, Green Real Estate, LEED-NC, Mission Bay, No VOC Paint, Photovoltaic Panels, San Francisco, Solar panels, Water Recapture System and condos. 0 CommentsWith all the Green condo hoopla focusing on the Arterra in South Beach, it would be easy to overlook the Green Valencia corridor. On 22nd and Valencia, the Lorax guys have quietly erected a darker green building. The carbon imprint of this mixed use project should be much lower than the highly marketed Arterra. Don’t […]
SF Federal building - not on schedule but at least it’s Green
Published by Keith March 11th, 2007 in Environment, Foundations, Green Building, Health, LEED-NC, Portland Cement and San Francisco. 0 CommentsWe all experience delays at almost every government agency (waiting in DMV lines, passport renewals) so why wouldn’t we all expect delays for the San Francisco Federal Building. Enough picking on the government. They will more than make up for the delays because when finally open the 18-story Federal workers home it will be the […]
Ashes to Ashes
Published by Keith September 16th, 2006 in CHPS, Coal, Environment, Flyash, Foundations, Green Building, Green Real Estate, Health, LEED-AP, Las Vegas, Portland Cement, Real Estate, Structural Engineer and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsNormally the thought of ash brings to mind volcano eruptions, funerals, and maybe religious holidays but for us and green builders it’s about flyash and foundations. So, when discussing the topic with one of San Francisco’s up and coming LEED-AP architects (Melanie Jacobson) she mentioned that the CHPS school they are building in the Sacramento area […]